Where would we be without crusaders like Dick Durbin to fight the scourge of racism? Why, if he hadn’t told us that “chain migration” is racist, we might never have known!
.@SenatorDurbin: "When it came to the issue of 'chain migration,' I said to @POTUS, 'Do you realize how painful that term is to so many people?'" pic.twitter.com/lDrpWbnoTi
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 12, 2018
Sen. Durbin on "chain migration":
"I said to the president, 'Do you realize how painful that term is to so many people? African-Americans believe that they migrated to America in chains. When you speak about [it], it hurts them personally. And he said, 'Oh, that's a good line.'" pic.twitter.com/IO7v2tKYBe
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 12, 2018
The horror.
Wow, I missed that connotation. Repubs are killing Dems on subliminal messaging. We've got to read Lakoff's "Don't Think of an Elephant."
— XX RRLL (@xxrrll) January 12, 2018
How could you miss it?! Maybe you missed it because it isn’t racist.
I don't know how much stock to put into that comment, I'm black and neither my friends nor I have ever made that "chain migration" connection to slavery. ??♂️
— Mini (@Minimadden) January 12, 2018
Why would anyone make that connection?
Oh, c'mon; Dick Durbin says the term "chain migration" is racist, because of slavery. pic.twitter.com/QHXvC2K7On
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/951897278586990594
.@SenatorDurbin’s comment on chain migration is a stretch, and a very stupid attack.
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) January 12, 2018
Not to mention insulting.
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/951887943630639104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D639608%26action%3Dedit
Looks to me like Durbin basically said black people aren't capable of realizing that chain migration has nothing to do with slavery. Do dems and their followers not realize how insulting the Ds are?
— Bearly_Political? (@talkpolitics_d) January 12, 2018
Also, pretty sure “African Americans believe they migrated to America in chains” because slaves were, you know, actually brought here in chains. Durbin is literally incapable of not being an ignorant, tone-deaf bonehead.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/951868081516761088
Stupid and disingenuous … and intellectually inconsistent. Dick Durbin has hit the trifecta once again!
So "chain migration" is an offensive reference to slavery, and also Joe Biden telling an African-American audience that Romney would "put y'all back in chains" had nothing to do with slavery. Makes sense.
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/951873749585973249
Why? Because he’s completely full of crap.
https://twitter.com/PenetratedLobe/status/951888911420284929